On a knife’s edge of a COVID-19 pandemic: is containment still possible?
C. Raina MacIntyre
Abstract
Governments everywhere plan for pandemics, because their impact can cause sharp shocks to economies and societies and require a substantial surge in health system capacity. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged in late 2019, and began infecting humans in December 2019.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Containment (computer programming)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus InfectionsBetacoronavirusVirologyMedicineComputer scienceOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyProgramming languageCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsViral Infections and Outbreaks Research